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Le 19/02/2016 14:45, Dongsok Shin écrit :
> There are two types that I am aware of. The simpler type has pull 
> downs or a tracker type mechanism, where the pedals play notes that 
> are shared from the corresponding notes of the keyboard. The more 
> complex type, which we think Mozart had, is a completely separate 
> pedal instrument with its own set of strings and hammer action 
> mechanism. I'm not aware of many surviving examples, and there are, no 
> doubt, variations of what is mentioned above.
>
> There is a pedal piano of the first type at the Metropolitan Museum in 
> New York, attributed to Johann Schmidt of Salzburg.
> http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/505526
>
> And there is an example of the second type at the Kunsthistorisches 
> Museum in Vienna made by Joseph Brodmann of Vienna

Many thanks, Dongsok. Very interesting. The Met says about the first of 
these:

Mozart's D-minor piano concerto, K. 466, requires the use of a pedal 
mechanism as it cannot be performed with the range of the manual alone.

Does anyone know what passages this refers to precisely? How do modern 
pianists handle them?

Thanks.

Dennis

> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brodmann_Pedalhammerfl%C3%BCgel_1815_SAM_646.jpg 
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>
> Dongsok
>
> On 2/19/2016 8:18 AM, dc wrote:
>> A question for the German-speaking crew:
>>
>> In 1788, J.D. Preisler went to see Mozart and heard him improvise on 
>> what he calls a "Pedal-Flügel". Would this simply be a forte-piano 
>> with pedals? Or something else?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dennis
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